Not to burst anyones bubble but this was written by a self taught AI engineer who is 19 years old. I mean this might be a joke (April Fools!). I mean, thats nice and all ... but who's 19 and not ultra positive about their work/life outlook.
This article simply contains my views as to what I honestly expect the future will hold, as well as a few concerns I have in regards to that.
I'm really really really rooting for fusion energy to work out soon and solve the energy crisis, but in the meantime I think we need to hard pivot to as much fission energy as possible, as well as convert to entirely electric transportation and shipping.
There are tens of thousands of fossil fuel power stations around the world, and we globally consume around 138TWh of non-renewably-produced electricity per year (and growing fast).
I used the words "industrially useful" very deliberately. The goal is not to produce one fusion reactor that can run continuously over unity, the goal is to produce tens of thousands of them and have them deployed globally. That is a project that will take decades.
Chances of climate crisis happening in our lifetime x devastation caused by climate crisis
Which one do you think is higher?
I'm fully aware that my lack of life experience rose-tints my view of the future, but I still enjoy sharing those rose-tinted views of the future nonetheless.
If you keep sharing, I'll keep reading :)
And on HN, that's about the highest compliment possible.
Not sure whose bubble you are bursting because the article is clear that it isn't meant to be an authoritative prediction. In that context, what you are saying is that:
a.) this person is too young to even be speculating about this, despite clearly being informed on the subject if you read the article.
b.) their ideas are so laughable that they are more likely an April Fool's joke.
Context is important and this just seemed like a rude, patronizing comment to make honestly.